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US 2003/0189327 A1Published application
Air bag module with partial external hood or tether
AssigneeBreed Automotive Technology, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Burdock, John Cooper, Jin Ho Jung, Robert L. Arwood III, Robert J. Sadenwater, Walter R. Green, Mutaz A. Shkoukani, Jean-Luc Blancou
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Abstract
An air bag assembly (20) comprising: an air bag (24) and means for inflating the air bag, and a partial hood or tether (40) for causing the air bag to inflate in an asymmetric manner during inflation, the hood or tethers operatively disengageable from the air bag.
Claims20
An air bag assembly (20) comprising:
- an air bag (24) and means for inflating the air bag, and
- first means (40) for causing the air bag to inflate in an asymmetric manner during inflation, the first means operatively disengageable from the air bag.
An air bag assembly comprising:
- an air bag and means for inflating the air bag, and
- first means for initially receiving a portion of the air bag thereby slowing the speed of the received portion of the air bag relative to the speed of that portion of the air bag not received by the first means;
- the first means subsequently disengageable from the received portion of the air bag.
An air bag assembly including:
- a folded air bag,
- means for inflating the air bag, and
- a partial, external tethering mechanism placed about a portion of the folded air bag to prevent the air bag from inflating symmetrically during the first moments of inflation, the external tether directing the air bag to inflate in a preferred direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.